  
The
L.D. Resource Program
Sandoval Elementary School's learning
disabilities resource class attempts to assist students who have academic
deficits and who qualify for learning disabilities services. The students
come to the L.D. class for a portion of each day and are given individualized
instruction in those subjects for which they are eligible, typically reading,
spelling, math, and written expression.
In order to be placed in the class a student
must have been found, through observation, testing , and other means, to have a
specific learning disability which negatively affects academic performance to a
significant degree. Historically, a student would not be placed in the LD
class if his/her learning problems were caused by mental retardation, behavioral
or emotional problems, vision or hearing impairment, or educational or cultural
deprivation, but this appears to be changing.
There is a widespread misconception that LD
students are mentally impaired; in fact, the IQ of an LD student is at least
average, and may be considerably higher. Unfortunately, the student has
difficulty learning when taught by typical instructional methods, but it is
required that appropriate educational accommodations, e.g., the use of
calculatory devices, less written work, more oral assignments, etc., be used in
the regular educational classroom in order to allow the student to remain in the
regular educational program as much as possible.
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